"martin" wrote in message
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On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 20:04:15 +0000 (UTC), "Franz Heymann"
wrote:


And 1 ostrich egg makes a delicious ommelette for 12 people.

Ah! the voice of experience :-)

Yes. The UCT mountain club occasionally took an ostrich egg and a four
inch nail to club meets on Table Mountain. As there were not usually more
than ten or so club members in the party, there was always sufficient for
lunch. Remember that 1 ostrich egg is approximately 24 hen eggs.

Franz

"martin" wrote in message
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On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 19:53:50 +0100, "JennyC" wrote:


I don't know about the gladioli, but I went of goggling about eggs :

"Hard Boiled Egg: A medium sized emu egg will take approximately 1hour
45minutes
to cook"

scrambled, poached, boiled, fried or microwaved?
With or without soldiers?

Emu eggs? Microwaved? Soldiers? Don't tell Al Qaida.

Franz

"martin" wrote in message
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On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 19:53:50 +0100, "JennyC" wrote:


I don't know about the gladioli, but I went of goggling about eggs :

"Hard Boiled Egg: A medium sized emu egg will take approximately 1hour
45minutes
to cook"

scrambled, poached, boiled, fried or microwaved?
With or without soldiers?

Emu eggs? Microwaved? Soldiers? Don't tell Al Qaida.

Franz

The message
from "David Hill" contains these
words:

Realised the other day that I hadn't lifted my Gladiolus corms, lifted a
couple yesterday and was amazed at the very good condition they are in.I am
wondering if they actually need to be lifted each year, except to protect
them from the weather.
Any Comments from anyone.

I had some gladioli which flowered yearly, and I never lifted them, and
they were in a north-facing bed in a rather cool and exposed part of
Norfolk.

Then yesterday I discovered a couple of hard boiled eggs that we did for the
journey back from Spain the other week, and I am wondering just how long
they will keep

What on earth anyone would do with a hard-boiled egg of any age or
maturity is beyond me....

--
Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 13:09:58 -0000, "David Hill"
wrote:

Realised the other day that I hadn't lifted my Gladiolus corms, lifted a
couple yesterday and was amazed at the very good condition they are in.I am
wondering if they actually need to be lifted each year, except to protect
them from the weather.
Any Comments from anyone.

Then yesterday I discovered a couple of hard boiled eggs that we did for the
journey back from Spain the other week, and I am wondering just how long
they will keep

Glads here in USDA zone 7b (average lowest temperature 5-10F [-15 to
-10C]) are marginal for survival. Some years, plants come back; other
times they disappear. Or maybe a squirrel ate them.

I'd definitely toss the eggs.

The message
from "Franz Heymann" contains these words:

I don't know about the gladioli, but I went of goggling about eggs :

"Hard Boiled Egg: A medium sized emu egg will take approximately 1hour
45minutes
to cook"

And 1 ostrich egg makes a delicious ommelette for 12 people.

When my bro' was out in Sudan with Tiny Rowland's gang he used to buy
bustards' eggs in the market, usually three each.

The trick was to tap on the egg. If it tapped back, you didn't boil it.
You then cooked the other two, and hoped not to find an embryo in one of
them.

--
Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

".............. "Hard Boiled Egg: A medium sized emu egg will take
approximately 1hour 45minutes to cook"

And 1 ostrich egg makes a delicious ommelette for 12 people...."

These were in a standard Egg box so I suspect they were ordinary "cackle
berries"



--
David Hill
Abacus nurseries
www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk

The message
from "Franz Heymann" contains these words:

I don't know about the gladioli, but I went of goggling about eggs :

"Hard Boiled Egg: A medium sized emu egg will take approximately 1hour
45minutes
to cook"

And 1 ostrich egg makes a delicious ommelette for 12 people.

When my bro' was out in Sudan with Tiny Rowland's gang he used to buy
bustards' eggs in the market, usually three each.

The trick was to tap on the egg. If it tapped back, you didn't boil it.
You then cooked the other two, and hoped not to find an embryo in one of
them.

--
Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 16:38:24 GMT, Jaques d'Alltrades
wrote:

The message
from "David Hill" contains these
words:

Realised the other day that I hadn't lifted my Gladiolus corms, lifted a
couple yesterday and was amazed at the very good condition they are in.I am
wondering if they actually need to be lifted each year, except to protect
them from the weather.
Any Comments from anyone.

I had some gladioli which flowered yearly, and I never lifted them, and
they were in a north-facing bed in a rather cool and exposed part of
Norfolk.

Then yesterday I discovered a couple of hard boiled eggs that we did for the
journey back from Spain the other week, and I am wondering just how long
they will keep

What on earth anyone would do with a hard-boiled egg of any age or
maturity is beyond me....

...decorate them for Easter?
--

Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit;
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad

On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 19:53:50 +0100, "JennyC" wrote:


I don't know about the gladioli, but I went of goggling about eggs :

"Hard Boiled Egg: A medium sized emu egg will take approximately 1hour 45minutes
to cook"

scrambled, poached, boiled, fried or microwaved?
With or without soldiers?
--

Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit;
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad

On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 20:04:15 +0000 (UTC), "Franz Heymann"
wrote:


And 1 ostrich egg makes a delicious ommelette for 12 people.

Ah! the voice of experience :-)
--

Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit;
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad

"Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote in message
...
The message
from "David Hill" contains these
words:

Realised the other day that I hadn't lifted my Gladiolus corms, lifted a
couple yesterday and was amazed at the very good condition they are in.I
am
wondering if they actually need to be lifted each year, except to
protect
them from the weather.
Any Comments from anyone.

I had some gladioli which flowered yearly, and I never lifted them, and
they were in a north-facing bed in a rather cool and exposed part of
Norfolk.

Then yesterday I discovered a couple of hard boiled eggs that we did for
the
journey back from Spain the other week, and I am wondering just how long
they will keep

What on earth anyone would do with a hard-boiled egg of any age or
maturity is beyond me....

Throw them at the nearest politician of whatever hue?

Franz

"martin" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 20:04:15 +0000 (UTC), "Franz Heymann"
wrote:


And 1 ostrich egg makes a delicious ommelette for 12 people.

Ah! the voice of experience :-)

Yes. The UCT mountain club occasionally took an ostrich egg and a four
inch nail to club meets on Table Mountain. As there were not usually more
than ten or so club members in the party, there was always sufficient for
lunch. Remember that 1 ostrich egg is approximately 24 hen eggs.

Franz

"martin" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 19:53:50 +0100, "JennyC" wrote:


I don't know about the gladioli, but I went of goggling about eggs :

"Hard Boiled Egg: A medium sized emu egg will take approximately 1hour
45minutes
to cook"

scrambled, poached, boiled, fried or microwaved?
With or without soldiers?

Emu eggs? Microwaved? Soldiers? Don't tell Al Qaida.

Franz

The message
from "Franz Heymann" contains these words:

I don't know about the gladioli, but I went of goggling about eggs :

"Hard Boiled Egg: A medium sized emu egg will take approximately 1hour
45minutes
to cook"

And 1 ostrich egg makes a delicious ommelette for 12 people.

When my bro' was out in Sudan with Tiny Rowland's gang he used to buy
bustards' eggs in the market, usually three each.

The trick was to tap on the egg. If it tapped back, you didn't boil it.
You then cooked the other two, and hoped not to find an embryo in one of
them.

--
Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/